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Did the New Testament canon arise naturally from within the early Christian faith?

Were the books written as Scripture, or did they become Scripture by a decision of the second-century church?

Why did early Christians have a canon at all?

These are the types of questions that led Michael J. Kruger to pick apart modern scholarship's dominant view that the New Testament is a late creation of the church imposed on books originally written for another purpose. Calling into question this commonly held "extrinsic" view, Kruger here tackles the five most prevalent objections to the classic understanding of a quickly emerging, self-authenticating collection of authoritative scriptures.

Already a noted author on the subject of the New Testament canon, Kruger addresses foundational and paradigmatic assumptions of the extrinsic model as he provides powerful rebuttals and further support for the classic, "intrinsic" view. This framework recognizes the canon as the product of internal forces evolving out of the historical essence of Christianity, not a development retroactively imposed by the church upon books written hundreds of years before.

Unlike many books written on the emergence of the New Testament canon that ask "when?" or "how?" Kruger focuses this work on the "why?"--exposing weaknesses in the five major tenets of the extrinsic model as he goes. While The Question of Canon scrutinizes today's popular scholastic view, it also offers an alternative concept to lay a better empirical foundation for biblical canon studies.

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Title The Question of Canon: Challenging the Status Quo in the New Testament Debate
Author Michael J. Kruger
Binding Paperback
Pages 256
Volumes 1
Language ENG
Publisher IVP Academic
Publication date 2013-10-03
Features Bibliography, Index, Table of Contents
ISBN 9780830840311 / 0830840311
Weight 0.83 lbs (0.38 kg)
Dimensions 8.9 x 5.9 x 0.8 in (22.61 x 14.99 x 2.03 cm)
Themes
- Religious Orientation: Christian
Category Religion - Theology
Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2013029158
Dewey Decimal Code 225.12

About the author

Michael J. Kruger (PhD, University of Edinburgh) is president and professor of New Testament at Reformed Theological Seminary in Charlotte, North Carolina. His recent publications include The Question of Canon and The Early Text of the New Testament, coedited with Charles E. Hill.